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Society & culture: general

Hardcover. Surveys the history and culture of each people and presents a series of essays studying the philosophical and historical implications of American ethnicity. Editor(s): Thernstrom, Stephan. Num Pages: 1104 pages, 87 maps, 116 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL; JHBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
1104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674375123
ISBN
9780674375123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.51
€ 208.24

Paperback. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138863422
ISBN
9781138863422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.22

paperback. When the author's sight finally became so limited that he no longer felt safe on busy city streets or traveling alone, he began a search for a guide. This title is his account of how his search ended with Smokie, a guide dog, and a dramatically different sense of blindness. Series: Animals, Culture, & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: BG; JFFG; JFFZ; VFJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566396493
ISBN
9781566396493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.70

paperback. Drawing on official records, contemporary writing and oral history, the author examines the myth and reality of women's "experience of war" and argues that the effect of war-work has changed but not improved their working lives. Series: Social and Cultural History Today. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBJD; HBWN; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
I.B.Tauris United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860644771
ISBN
9781860644771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.05

Paperback. Offers an understanding of Islam and Islamic societies' role and relations to global cultural and economic realities. This book offers a portrait of Islamic societies and challenges the belief that Islam is not part of, nor much affected by, the modern world-system. Series: Political Economy of the World-System Annuals. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594515194
ISBN
9781594515194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.51

Paperback. The authors of this text show that the ancient Book of Enoch, rediscovered in the 18th century, describes how Uriel's Machine should be constructed, and how Enoch's secret technology has been preserved since ancient times in Freemasonic lore. Num Pages: 624 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRCA; HRCS1; JFHC; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 111 x 39. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Arrow
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
9780099281825
ISBN
9780099281825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

paperback. The Scots are one of the world's greatest nations of emigrants. This title offers an account of the Scots as a 'global people', charting their forgotten role in the building of the modern world. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTQ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141015644
ISBN
9780141015644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.37

paperback. This book explains theory and research in an accessible but thorough manner and critically evaluates the effect that psychology has made to the study of gender examining key issues such as parenting and inequalities in education. Series: Psychology Focus. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: JFSJ; JMH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415158152
ISBN
9780415158152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 1KBB; JFFN; JHM; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415859189
ISBN
9780415859189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.78

paperback. Editor(s): Underwood, Lisa; Schacht, Steven P. Num Pages: 270 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AS; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Routledge United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781560232858
ISBN
9781560232858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBTB; JFCV; WBXN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781613747223
ISBN
9781613747223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.55

paperback. Features many new artists as well as all the favourites from The Art of Faery Contains digitally produced photographic art as well as traditional mediums With an illustrated foreword by world renowned fairy artist Alan Lee Num Pages: 112 pages, over 200 colour and black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AG; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 205 x 10. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Collins & Brown
Condition
New
SKU
9781843406662
ISBN
9781843406662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 6.65

paperback. This book explores the key institutional settings of home and school, and other educationally linked organised spaces, in children's lives, and the relationships between these. Editor(s): Edwards, Rosalind. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSP1; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415250443
ISBN
9780415250443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415546447
ISBN
9780415546447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.21

Hardcover. Presents a multimedia, interdisciplinary study of Chinese modernity in the context of globalization since the late nineteenth century. This book draws on Chinese literature, film, art, photography, and video to broadly map the emergence of modern China in relation to the capitalist world-system in the economic, social, and political realms. Num Pages: 264 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AB; DSBH; JFC; JFFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824831110
ISBN
9780824831110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Yacovone, Donald. Num Pages: 570 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 34. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Chicago Review Press United States
Number of pages
570
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556525216
ISBN
9781556525216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.02

Hardback. Examines the lives of women who have forged a new community in a shantytown on the outskirts of Khartoum, the largely Muslim, heavily Arabized capital in the north of the country. This book examines the way women's bodies are politicized by their displacement, analyzing issues such as religious conversion, marriage, and female circumcision. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBS; JFFD; JFSJ1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226001999
ISBN
9780226001999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 79.17

Hardcover. A study that addresses the Arrernte's contemporary situation. It documents the immense sociocultural changes they have experienced. It traces the history of the Arrernte as they have transitioned from a society of hunter-gatherers to members of the Hermannsburg Mission community to their marginalized position in the modern Australian economy. Num Pages: 304 pages, 18 halftones, 8 maps, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1MBF; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226032634
ISBN
9780226032634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 79.17

Hardcover. Offers an opportunity to further readers understanding of Jaques Derrida's views on the key political and religious divisions of our time and an often moving testament to the power of friendship and solidarity to surmount them. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 128 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: HPS; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226102863
ISBN
9780226102863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. In the nineteenth century, the degree of fraud and corruption in America approached that of corrupt developing nations as municipal governments and robber barons alike found ways to steal from taxpayers and swindle investors. This book explores this shadowy period of United States history in search of better methods to fight corruption world-wide. Editor(s): Glaeser, Edward L.; Goldin, Claudia. Series: National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report. Num Pages: 396 pages, 1 halftone, 20 line drawings, 33 tables. BIC Classification: JFFX; KCM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226299587
ISBN
9780226299587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.03
€ 49.71

Hardcover. Shedding light on the American campaign to democratize Western Germany after World War II, this book covers the importance of cultural policy and visual propaganda to the US occupation. It evokes Germany's political climate between 1945 and 1949, adding an unexpected dimension to the confrontation between the United States and the USSR. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 1KBB; 3JJPG; JFC; JPVN. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226301693
ISBN
9780226301693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 45.92

Paperback. Donald Tuzin first studied the New Guinea village of Ilahita in 1972. Years later he returned to find that the village's men had voluntarily destroyed their secret cult which allowed them dominance over women. This study examines the labyrinth of motives behind this improbable, devastating act. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 270 pages, 10 halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1MKLP; JFSJ2; JFSL9; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226819518
ISBN
9780226819518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Hardcover. For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a theater of the mind. This book examines that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its historical context. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones, 13 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; DSG; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226853505
ISBN
9780226853505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58
€ 88.67

paperback. Indigenous knowledges are the commonsense ideas and cultural knowledges of local peoples concerning the everyday realities of living. This collection of essays discusses indigenous knowledges and their implication for academic decolonization. Editor(s): Dei, George J. Sefa; Hall, Budd L.; Rosenberg, Dorothy Goldin. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL1; JHMC; JNSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802080592
ISBN
9780802080592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.62

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